DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,003

ENDLESS SUMMER, INC.
DOING BUSINESS AS ALORE APPAREL
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a worker
petition filed on June 4, 2009 on behalf of workers of Endless
Summer, Inc., doing business as Alore Apparel, Springfield,
Missouri (Endless Summer). The workers produced sportswear and
are not separately identifiable by article produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Endless Summer,
who were engaged in activities related to production of
sportswear, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Endless Summer have
been separated during January through June 2009 over the
corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of sportswear by Endless Summer have decreased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because the
aggregate United States imports of certain apparel, including
women's tops, and men's coats (excluding formal suit coats and
sports coat jackets), jackets, vests, and ski apparel like and
directly competitive with articles produced by Endless Summer
were very high relative to domestic manufacturers' shipments,
and increased both absolutely and relative to shipments in
the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of apparel like or directly competitive
with those produced by Endless Summer contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at the Springfield, Missouri facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Endless Summer, Inc.,
doing business as Alore Apparel, Springfield, Missouri, meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Endless Summer, Inc., doing business as
Alore Apparel, Springfield, Missouri, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after May 20,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial


separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th of April, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance